Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Gresham College Lectures
History from Below: Mathematics, Instruments and Archaeology
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In recent decades, archaeologists working on sites such as the Mary Rose have recovered a range of simple mathematical instruments.
Compared to typical museum artefacts, they are relatively humble wooden devices. Yet they shed important light on the distribution and variety of mathematical skills in early modern England.
This lecture was jointly held with the British Society for the History of Mathematics.
Compared to typical museum artefacts, they are relatively humble wooden devices. Yet they shed important light on the distribution and variety of mathematical skills in early modern England.
This lecture was jointly held with the British Society for the History of Mathematics.